The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1887-04-01
NEWS NOTES.

NEWS NOTES.
Gov. Church says that J. M. Quinn will un-
doubtedly be appointed secretary Of the Dakota
railroad commission.
Tho first electrically lighted train in the
United States left Boston for New York
Wednesday afternoon.
James G. Blaine has completed all his arrang
ments for European tour. Mr.. Blaine will
sail in June and remain abroad over year.
The large shoe manufacturing establishment
Pingree & Smith, Detroit, was totally destroyed
by fire Wednesday night. The loss is estima-
ted at 1926, 900.
Sam Turner, tho popular hotel man and
part proprietor of the Grand Pacific hotel at
Chicago, died at half-past one o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon.
1t is now deemed certain that Gov. Hill Of
New York will veto the high license bill for
New York and Brooklyn recently passed by the
assembly should the senate pass it.
Authentic information has been received
from st. Petersburg that a fresh attempt was
made upon the czar's life at Gatchlna palace
Wednesday. The czar was not injured.
The contract for the grading and the tunnels
Of the Montana Central, between Helena and
Butte has been let to Larson & Keefe It is
expected 1t will be ready for tho rails in eight
een months.
Two thousand two hundred acres OF iron
lands in the vcrnlillion range noar Duluth
were sold to Milwaukee iron men Wednesday
for $lSO,000. The land was taken two years
fpr tYnl1 md fhn,,
Captain Samuels, of the yacht Dautless, at
tributes his defeat by the Cornet to the inter-
ference Of Mr. Colt, owner Of the Dauntless,
who was on board. Captain Samues and five
Of the crew have left tho Dauntless.
The joint executive committee of the trunk
lines and Central Traffic association held an
important meeting at Commissioner Finks
office in New York Wednesday and abolished
all commissions on the sale OF passenger tickets.
1t is reported ut Denver, COL, that Marino
Leyba, notorious outlaw and desperate and
leader of gang who terrOrized Central New
Mexico for six months, was killed while re-
sisting arrest near Antelope Springs, Wednes-
day.
Gen. Roswell Ripley, the man who directed
the fire upon Ft. Sumpter, South Carolina, in
April, 1861, died while at breakfast in New
York on Wednesday last Of appoplexy. Gen.
Ripley was the author OF history OF the war
with Mexico, published in 1S49-
United States Senator John II. Reagan was
thrown to the ground by his saddle slipping
as he was mounting his horse Wednesday on
his farm near Palestine, Tex, and his spine
was injured. He suffers great pain and viii
be confined to his bed for some time.
Snow fell to the depth Of eleven inches ir
Lexington, Ky, Wednesday. No such snow
fall late as March is within the memory Of th
oldest inhabltant. The roof OF Featherstone'
livery stable was crushed in with the weigh
was hurt.
The postoffice officials are having prepared
series of new designs Of embossed stamps 70
stamped envelopes Of one, two, four and fv
cent denominations The head of Franklil
has been selected for the one cent and th
heads of Washington, Jackson and Grant TO
the two, four and five cent denominations, re
spectively. The general design of the new
series is uniform.
Macarthur, the Wlnnipegger who started ou
to find the north pole about month ago, un
der the auspices Of the Dominion government
has returned to Winnipeg. He refuses to Civ,
his reasons for turning back, and says he dit
not 20 any further north than Norway House
Rudson's bay, near which point COL Guide
also threw up the sponge. Young, the drul
clerk who deserted Macarthur, says that th
would-be explorer is confirmed opium eater
and 1t is his inability to obtain a sufficient sup
ply Of the drug in the northern regions tia
brought him back.